. >> israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu compares his country's bombing of gaza to the u.s.-led air strikes in iraq and syria, saying hamas and i.s.i.l. are seeking world dom nation, from new york, james bays reports. >> reporter: the israeli leaders' arguments were not new, but they were forcefully delivered, focused on the brutality of i.s.i.l., making a link with his own opponents. i.s.i.s. and hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree. hamas is i.s.i.s., and i.s.i.s. is hamas. and what they share in common all militant islamists share in common. >> after a war in gaza, in which over 2,000 palestinians were killed, he attacked allegations that is yale used excessive force. >> these libelous charges that israel was targetting civilians, we were not. >> binyamin netanyahu made it to the top of israeli politics, in part because of his performance skills to this year's general assembly he brought props. this, he said, was a photograph of children next to a rocket launcher in gaza, and he brought people. the applause in the chamber was not coming from other delegations, bu

. >> israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu said... >>> ..that the greatest threat to world peace would be a nuclear iran. >> toxic gas and ash forcing rescue efforts in japan to halt. >> the c.d.c. is investigating whether a rare virus affecting chin is connected to paralysis showing polio-like symptoms. >> i was scared. i could feel myself not being able to stay away. >>> we begin with president obama conceding the u.s. did not see i.s.i.l. coming. >> i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, acknowledged that they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> but intelligence officials warned of the danger for more than a year, and i.s.i.l. controlled a large part of syria before moving into iraq. >> this idea that somehow we didn't know that that was happening. happening. >> the president admitted the u.s. had overestimated the ability of the iraqi armed force, but said he's not ready to count them out. >> i am not going to speculate on failure at the moment, we are getting started. let's see how they are doing. >> air strikes intensified and the ir

what if israel says, as binyamin netanyahu as said. we are not leaving the settlement. we will not do that. >> okay. he's occupying power, and will show his responsibility, and i cannot elaborate further. the status quo no more. business as usual, no more. i'm not in any position it threaten anyone. all i want to do, all we want to do as palestinians, as the palestinian leadership is make sure that the people are not slaughtered every two years. the boys and girls deserve to go to school and open every year. the boys and girls deserve to sleep. they deserve to have homs and parents, not to be orphans, this we will do. it's our full right to protect our people once again, those that worry should not commit crime. >> the chief negotiator for the palestinian organization association. thank you for joining us. >>> on wednesday, mark regev addressed his country's position on avoiding conflict. >> there's a concern in israel and the international community that we'll have to revisit this in six months, and the way to avoid what is to work seriously on protecting hamas from re

hillary clinton was openly critical about the binyamin netanyahu's efforts to annex territory because in her view and in president obama's view, this would not make it a 2-state solution, a viable option. the israelis said that they'll do what they want, but you can expect there'll be more discussion between the two capitals about the latest move, and i don't think you'll see the u.s. backing away from its demand of a reversal of this decision soon. >> syrian rebel groups says the reason that it's holding 45 fijian peacekeepers captured is they were doing the work of the regime. this is in the golan heights. dozens of pass keepers from the philippines were -- peacekeepers were rescued on saturday after being trapped. >> the 7-week war in gaza pushed up the unemployment rate to 50%, and estimated 10,000 people are out of work after israeli attacks on 450 factories and businesses in gaza. >> aside from human losses, gaza is coming to terms with another business. this factory produced chicken noodles. >> they say factories are owned by people known by the israelis, and had permission to

binyamin netanyahu likened the i.s.i.s. and hamas. hamas is i.s.i.s., and i.s.i.s. is hamas. they are the enemy of peace, israel and civilized countries. he was condemned on twitter for exploiting the death of a purposes. >> the american president and british prime minister made brief appearances, talking tough before returning to their vacations. police in london issued a statement warning: >> to control the image seems to be misplaced moralism. the video of the foley story would not have gotten national attention if the visual evidence of what happened was not a part of it. i think it's important for people to understand that the video itself is part of the story, and so to try to prevent that being spread is a way of censoring what is, itself. >> there's something about an offici official ban that makes people want to look away. it's difficult to judge what the is gained - intention, intimidation factors outweighed by support it lost. the early returns, judging from what can be seen online is revealing, especially among the audience the islamic state cares most about. >> t

normally it would appear the move has the full backing of the bulk of the binyamin netanyahu, and the full backing of the settler elements of that government. in terms of relationship with the palestinians, another blow to a relationship that has virtually seized to exist, in terms of negotiations, in terms of talks. that process is non-existent. actions like this make the resumption of any form of negotiation more likely, even more distant as the u.s. state department point out. >> thank you, mike hanna reporting from jerusalem. >>> now, kurdish fighters and others have reached the northern town of amerli. islamic state group surrounded the town leading to food and water shortages. >> reporter: huge relief on the streets of amerli as friendly forces break through the siege. for 80 days and night they faced the threat of the islamic state fighters, a threat that led some of the shiite turkman community to consider taking their own lives. their plight provoked an unlikely alliance to groups not known to fight side by side. with peshmerga, shi'ite and iraqi army banding together in a jo

. >> and narendra modi also met his israeli counter part binyamin netanyahu in new york. it was the first such meeting in a decade. the two leaders talking about strengthening their ties in defense and tried. israel is a major arms exporter to india. >> 10 in japan have been confirmed dead, two days after a volcano erupted. dozens of others were found in cardiac arrest. the eruption at mt ontake trapped 250 hikers, many made is down. experts warned of further eruptions. wayne hay has this update on the rescue operations. >> this is a local government office in the town of keeso, and where the family members of the victims. eruption have been coming to get an update from the officials and rescue officials pt the situation on mt ontake, and the rescue operation. as the victims' families arrive, they are met by a large contingent of japanese media. on sunday rescue officials found the group of 31 climbers near the summit of the vol cane scro, all of them presumed to be dead. four of the bodies were able to be retrieved and brought down the mountain. the operation had to be b

were they better suited to agreeing to a deal than binyamin netanyahu, mahmoud abbas and president obama. >> as i said. they were flawed characters. carter was a failing and unpopular president. i don't think you could assemble a less likely cast of characters. one thing they did have, they had a lot of political courage, and that may be the difference today. >> long-term consequences of what happened. there's no violation of the treaty. israelis and palestinians can't figure out a long-term peace, and you wrote that the camp david accords severed egypt from the palestinians. in saying without a powerful arab champion, palestine was a mascot for islamists and radical factions. in a way, looking back, could that have hurt or delayed the possibilities of an israeli solution? >> "possible. camp david accords are divided into two parts. the peace between israel and equipment, which was accomplished. the second part of it was supposed to be a roadmap between israel and the palestinians. the palestinians were not represented at champ dived. every piece attempt since then has been an effort to

the former secretary of state was very openly critical about the binyamin netanyahu government's efforts to annex territory because in her view and in president obama's view, this would not make it a 2-state solution, a viable option. certainly the israelis said they'd do what they want, but you can expect there'll be more discussion between the two capitals about the latest move. i don't think you'll see the u.s. backing away from the demand of a reversal of this decision any time soon. >> rosalind jordan in washington. >>> ahead on al jazeera - china clamps down on hong kong, delivering a blow to pro-democracy campaigners, and we get ready for our campaign season. we look at the expensive battle for control of the u.s. senate in "the week ahead". first, on this labor day weekend we are looking back on the big stories, and begin in the rio grand valley in texas. >> i'm heidi zhou-castro, we spent a month at the center of the immigration crisis. homeland security says it's caught 63,000 children crossing into the u.s. this past year alone. >> reporter: we arrived in jooup to find a borde